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    Posted on February 16, 2015 To

    Pam Menaker Writes Article for ABA Litigation News on Professional Liability Insurance Coverage

    Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, wrote an article for the American Bar Association Litigation News for which she serves as a Contributing Editor. The article that was published Feb. 11, 2015, dealt with the issue of professional liability insurance coverage involving a False Claims Act case. In a complex case to come out of Pennsylvania, the court discusses the issues of professional liability insurance coverage that was precluded even when the…

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    Posted on January 29, 2015 To

    Pam Menaker Authors Article on Law Firm Blogging

    Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, authored an article in the most recent issue of the American Bar Association (ABA) Litigation Journal on whether a law firm should blog. “To Blog or Not to Blog. That’s a Question?” was published in the Winter 2015 issue of the flagship publication that is distributed to more than 70,000 members of the Section of Litigation. In the article, Menaker discusses how law blogs or “blawgs”…

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    Posted on January 29, 2015 To

    Attorney Writes Article on Whether Drug Company Failed to Warn with Label

    Pamela Sakowicz Menaker Writes Article for ABA Litigation News on New Case Dealing with Failure-to-Warn Regarding Drugs and Their Labels As a Contributing Editor of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation News. Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, authored an article discussing a recent case in federal district court in New Jersey that concluded “the plaintiff failed to allege a failure-to-warn claim against a drug manufacturer [who] complied with Food…

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    Posted on January 19, 2015 To

    Robert A. Clifford Speaks Up About Bankrolling Judicial Elections

    Robert A. Clifford wrote an article for the Chicago Tribune titled, “Who Bankrolls the Supreme Court?” The respected Chicago lawyer discussed the topic of bankrolling judicial elections in Illinois. He expressed that voters should be able to know all of the facts, including full disclosures of the donors who donate to the judges’ campaigns. Specifically, he wrote about the nearly $6 million contributions that were donated anonymously in 2004 to elect Illinois Supreme Court Justice…

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    Posted on December 30, 2014 To

    AirAsia Flight 8501 – Risky Environment and yet Another Example of Need for Deployable Recorders and Satellite Tracking Systems for Airliners

    By Robert A. Clifford AirAsia Flight 8501 was cruising at high altitude in an area of the world that has a reputation not only for high accident rates (3 times that of North America), but also for severe thunderstorm activity at altitudes that can exceed the ceilings of any airliner. Air traffic control (ATC) voice recordings reportedly show the pilots had asked for diversion around a storm cell but ATC denied that request. Minutes later,…

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    Posted on October 29, 2014 To

    Bob Clifford Writes Article about Picking and Talking to a Jury

    Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices, Robert A. Clifford, wrote an article for GP Solo, a publication of the American Bar Association (ABA), “How to Pick and Talk to a Jury: Plaintiff Perspective.” In the article, Clifford goes into detail in regards to the jury. He discusses the role of the jurors, the ethics of voir dire, the importance of juror questionnaires, and more. He even provides several real-life examples of jurors in the courtroom….

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    Posted on October 22, 2014 To

    Pam Menaker Writes ABA Litigation News Article on Fosamax Case

    Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, recently wrote an article that was published by the American Bar Association Litigation News on a recent court case that held that a defendant cannot be held liable in a products liability multi-district action if the company is compliant with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules. In a failure-to-warn complaint alleging the drug company, Merck, was negligent in its labeling following an injury to a patient,…

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    Posted on October 21, 2014 To

    No Failure-to-Warn When Drug Label is FDA Compliant

    Litigation News October 21, 2014 By Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Litigation News Contributing Editor A district court dismissed a product liability lawsuit against a drug manufacturer, concluding that the plaintiff failed to adequately allege a failure-to-warn claim against the company for its drug. In re Fosamax Products Liability Litigation (Gaynor v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.). The district court held that because the drug manufacturer complied with FDA requirements to change its warning label, the plaintiff’s…

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    Posted on October 8, 2014 To

    Boom Pow

    For the Gen X-ers, they know what this means. It’s the title of a popular song made famous by the musical group, the Black Eyed Peas. In legal circles, it became a copyright legal battle over whether the song was stolen by the internationally popular group from a young up-and-coming Chicago artist who wrote a song “Boom Dynamite.” In an article by Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices and Editorial Board member…

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